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lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Howitt2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, congratulations to my friend and colleague Mr Kukan on the Annual Human Rights Report. As a fellow rapporteur on EU enlargement, I welcome his emphasis this year on human rights in Europe’s enlargement and neighbourhood policies and I give my full support to his call for Europe to develop a dedicated policy on transitional justice. On the day this Parliament voted the agreement with Canada, I am proud we resisted the pressure and insisted on a human rights clause in every EU trade agreement, but on the day this Parliament voted down the resolution on sexual health rights I regret the message that ʻClairement les droits des femmes n’étaient pas les droits des hommesʼ. As the Socialist human rights coordinator, I ask Parliament to support our amendments calling for a mechanism for targeted sanctions, expressing concern about the use of military drones and condemning violations of the rights of LGBT people. I also endorse our call in paragraph 72 for those responsible for the mass graves in Kashmir to be brought to justice and, after the championing of the UN guiding principles and the participation in last week’s UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, our resolution tonight reiterates the demand for an EU report on their implementation by Member States. I urge agreement with the current Commission proposal on non-financial reporting by companies to give real effect to that commitment and I thank sincerely Special Representative Lambrinidis for his personal commitment in this matter. Finally, I join with the President-in-Office and my friend, Ms Koppa, to recall on the day that we celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela that those who question human rights question his values when he said: ʻTo deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanityʼ."@en1
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